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terrorem

terrorem is a Latin form of terror, meaning “terror, fear, panic”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 177 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.8.3: Quibus oppressis inopinantibus, quod se Cevenna ut muro munitos existimabant, ac ne singulari quidem umquam homini eo tempore anni semitae patuerant, equitibus imperat, ut quam latissime possint vagentur et quam maximum hostibus terrorem inferant.

All forms of terror (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.